Military Ground Incident Analysis

Entering into OIF II 2004, the reduction of coalition forces in Tal Afar, Iraq was slim to non-existing. These conditions allowed for terrorists/insurgents to return and seize this key piece of terrain located near the Syrian border. By spring of 2005, Tal Afar was commonly referred to as "al-Qaida’s town due to the stronghold insurgents had on the city. In April 2005, the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (3rd ACR) out of Fort Carson, Co would have a change of mission from patrolling the Baghdad AO to now assuming control of the Nineveh Province which included the city of Tal Afar. Their mission was to disrupt and destroy al-Qaida freedom fighters operating in and around Nineveh Province.

The mission of the Task Force was to capture the General Aideed and any other high value targets as identified. The Task Force utilized an old hangar and construction trailers as their base of operation. They lived in very primitive conditions even lacking potable water. During the

The invasion began on March 20, 2003, when General Tommy Franks ordered the Army and the Marine Corps to cross the Iraq-Kuwait border. The Army’s 5th Corps, under the command of Lieutenant General William Scott Wallace, was tasked to be the main effort for the ground campaign. Assigned the western axis of advance, the Army’s 5th Corps—Third Infantry Division and 101st Airborne Division—would move west of the Euphrates River and attack Baghdad from the west; meanwhile, Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (IMEF) would move parallel east of the Euphrates along highway 1. Attached to the IMEF, the United Kingdom’s 1st Armored Division faced moderate resistance from Saddam’s Fedayeen in the fight for Basra City; however, with the

The first battle of Fallujah, also known as Operation Vigilant Resolved, was the largest combat mission since the declaration of the end of “major hostilities”, which occurred in central Iraq. This battle was fought during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force ordered a two Battalion level task force to block all roads around the city and to conduct raids. The overall mission objective was to re-establish security in Fallujah.

The VII Corps participated in a main attack together with the XVIII Airborne Corps and a French and a British division sweeping around Iraqi defenses, striking deep into Iraq, cutting lines of communications (LOC), and destroying enemy forces of Kuwait.

1SG Spencer was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry (Mechanized), 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, with additional duty as the M88A1 recovery vehicle operator. In August 1990, 1SG Spencer’s Unit was put on alert and deployed to Saudi Arabia on Oct 15, 1990 in support of Operation Desert Shield. In January 1991, 1SG Spencer’s unit moved 500 kilometers to another assembly area near King Khalid Military City (KKMC) in Northern Saudi Arabia. This put them in position to defend the famous Wadi al Batin, a key approach into Saudi Arabia, successfully deterring the Iraqi Army from attacking. 1SG Spencer moved with the entire Division Support elements during the ground offensive until the cease fire was signed. Upon returning to Fort Hood in April of 1991, he obtained the rank of Sergeant. During the remainder of his tour at Fort Hood, 1SG Spencer was involved in two rotations to National Training Center (NTC) and one to Joint Readiness Center (JRTC) at Fort Chaffee,

Understanding PMESII-PT will aide me as a 420A in a deployed environment. This will allow to assess some things that I would normally not assess. I will discuss two of the operational variables: military and physical environment and how they affect military operations in a deployed environment.

On the third day, 3rd Battalion 1st Marines opened up a holes for the US Army’s 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry to provide it with support by fire. They then followed them into Jolan Park and cleared it of insurgents. (Camp, 2014) The Marines attacked further into northern Fallujah to destroy the enemy and to seize the regimental objectives. (Camp, 2014)

Task Force Normandy created by 1st Battalion, 101st Airborne Air Assault Division in order to complete mission “Normandy” that consisted in destroying Saddam Hussein’s key Early Radar Detection System during his invasion in Kuwait to provide the air campaign with a radar free route into Iraq.

The basic research question is that there is a relationship between intoxication, chronic alcohol use, and violent behavior. Another research question that is stated in the article is if this relationship is a causal relationship or if it is actually spurious. Other hypotheses made on adolescents were stated later on in the article. The first one is that the relationship between drinking (prevalence and frequency) and engaging in violence while sober is weaker than the relationship between drinking and violence. The second hypothesis is that the relationship between quantity of drinking and engaging in violence while sober is weaker than the relationship between quantity of drinking and violence and the relationship between quantity of drinking and violence while drinking. The third hypothesis is that adolescents who have a history of prior violence are more

The distinction between direct ground combat and combat is not subtle; rather, direct ground combat, offensive in nature seeks to locate, close with and destroy the enemy. The very nature of the mission necessitates the physical capacity to endure unforgiving environments for long durations and the unremitting exposure to the grueling, cruel, and violent nature of war. The aspects of direct ground combat combined with the physiological differences between men and women suggest that integrating women into direct ground combat arms specialties will inevitably degrade readiness, deplete a talented pool of women from the total force, and impact the overall combat effectiveness of Marine Corps' direct ground combat arms

This whole operation was unknown territory. Our Army was encountering a situation we had not seen outside of training in quite a while. Supplies required was an estimated guess, but the biggest problem was most likely logistics. The location was Iraq, a harsh desert, hard on our equipment. The wear and tear was greater than expected requiring more parts than were locally available. We had the need without the way.

Their key objectives were ‘regime district’ of ministries and the resident palaces. The 1-64 moving into the city caught most of the fighters off guard eating Breakfast and not expecting the Americans offensive approach. The Regiment finally met resistance further into the city, with ineffective AK-47 and RPG fire against the Tanks and Bradley’s and suicide attacks manned in the hundreds but easily combated. After the push through the roadways, 1-64 didn’t receive any causalities. Only one tank was set on fire by an RPG-7, however the Iraqi death toll was in triple digits (Keegan, John, 2004).

At the end of Operation Vigilant Resolve, the Marines withdrew from the city and handed over security responsibilities to the Fallujah Brigade. The Fallujah Brigade was an Iraqi solution to the Fallujah problem, composed of former Iraqi soldiers and locally recruited men. Major General Jassim Mohammed Saleh who was immediately replaced by General Muhammad Latif, a former Iraqi Army Intelligence officer, originally led the brigade. The security responsibilities included provisions for the surrender of heavy weapons by the insurgents and stipulated that the Fallujah Brigade would initiate investigations murderers and mutilators of the Blackwater employees. The insurgents and terrorists expand through the city,

Before the Iranians could start their river-crossing, the Iraqi high command committed a division of infantry to stop them. The division attacked south on the island and within 48 hours